Basketball fun!

Coaching the Girls b-ball team at KICS is a blast! This is my third year working with these girls, but our team is constantly changing and growing due to new families coming, and others leaving Rwanda. I love interacting with these older girls, especially after spending my days with 9 year olds!  Our team consists of girls from all over the world, in grades 7-12. My friend and fellow teacher, Kari, helped coach this year. Basketball is new to Rwanda, and especially new to girls! Helping to develop teams at other local schools has been challenging, but this year we were actually able to play some games with Fawe Girls School, a nearby boarding school. I'm hoping a Girls League can be formed next year with three more schools to play! We practice twice a week, and once a week we travel down the road to Wellspring School to play on their new concrete court (yes, those are cows roaming in the background! Somtimes we have to shoo them off our court!) :) It's good for these girls (and for me!) to have an activity to be involved in during the afternoons, and I love being able to share a sport with them that has brought me so much joy!